Artiodactyl
order of mammals
The even-toed ungulates are mammals of the order Artiodactyla.
| Even-toed ungulates Temporal range: Lower Eocene – Recent
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| Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) | |
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| Order: | Artiodactyla Owen, 1848
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Even-toed ungulates have an even number of toes: two to four. For example, camelids or animals of the Giraffidae family have two toes, but hippopotami have four toes.
Taxonomy
- Order Artiodactyla
- Suborder Suina
- Family Suidae
- Family Tayassuidae
- Family Hippopotamidae
- Suborder Tylopoda
- Family Camelidae
- Suborder Ruminantia
- Family Tragulidae
- Family Moschidae
- Family Cervidae
- Family Giraffidae
- Family Antilocapridae
- Family Bovidae
- Suborder Suina
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